Civil War Governors of Kentucky · Civil War Governors of Kentucky

About

Hodgenville, Kentucky, attorney and politician. Hardin County, Kentucky, native. Married S. R. Read. Member of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from 1857 to 1865. Delegate to the Democratic National Conventions in Charleston, South Carolina, and Baltimore, Maryland, in 1860. Unsuccessful candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky in 1863. Delegate to the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois, in 1864.

Details

Sex: Male
Race: White

Bibliography

Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, “William Brown Read,” http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000094. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, LaRue County, Hodgenville, p. 150.

Citation

Read, William Brown. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32199741 (November 12, 2026).

Network

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Documents (2)

Legal/Financial
Commonwealth of Kentucky v. P. H. Conant and Jesse Thompson, Indictment
Correspondence
W. B. Read et al. to Beriah Magoffin
1860-10-04

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